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Annual Meeting, 



[May 2, 



ANNUAL MEETING, 



Monday, May 2, 1898. 



Sir James Crichton-Browne, M.D. LL.D. F.R.S. Treasurer and 

 Vice-President, in the Chair. 



The Annual Report of the Committee of Visitors for the year 

 1897, testifying to the continued prosperity and efficient management 

 of the Institution, was read and adopted, and the Report on the Davy 

 Faraday Research Laboratory of the Royal Institution, which accom- 

 panied it, was also read. 



Sixty-six new Members were elected in 1897. 



Sixty-three Lectures and Nineteen Evening Discourses were 

 delivered in 1897. 



The Books and Pamphlets presented in 1897 amounted to about 

 260 Volumes, making, with 632 volumes (including Periodicals bound) 

 purchased by the Managers, a total of 892 volumes added to the 

 Library in the year. 



Thanks were voted to the President, Treasurer, and the Honorary 

 Secretary, to the Committees of Managers and Visitors, and to the 

 Professors, for their valuable services to the Institution during the 

 past year. 



The following Gentlemen were unanimously elected as Officers 

 for the ensuing year : 



President — The Duke of Northumberland, K.G. D.C.L. LL.D. 



Treasurer — Sir James Crichton-Browne, M.I). LL.D. F.R.S. 



Secretary —Sir Frederick Bramwell, Bart. D.C.L. LL.D. F.R.S. 

 M. Inst. C.E. 



Managers. 

 Sir William Crookes, F.R.S. 

 Sir Edward Frankland, K.C.B. D.C.L. LL.D. F.R.S. 

 The Right Hon. George Joachim Goschen, M.P, 



D.C.L. LL.D. F.R.S. 

 Donald William Charles Hood, M.D. F.R.C.P. 

 Sir William Huggins, K.C.B. D.C.L. LL.D. F.R.S. 

 David Edward Hughes, Esq. F.R.S. 

 Alfred B. Kempe, Esq. M.A. F.R.S. 

 Hugh Leonard, Esq. M. Inst. C.E. 

 Thomas John Maclagan, M.D. 

 Ludwig Mond, Esq. Ph.D. F.R.S. 

 Alexander Siemens, Esq. M.Inst. C.E. 

 The Hon. Sir James Stirling, M.A. LL.D. 

 Sir Henry Thompson, F.R.C.S. F.R.A.S. 

 Sir Richard Everard Webster, G.C.M.G. M.P. 



Q.C. LL.D. 

 Sir William Henry White, K.C.B. LL.D. D.Sc. 



F.R.S. 



Visitors. 

 Sir Alexander Richardson Binnie, M. Inst. C.E. 



F.G.S. 

 Sir James Blyth, Bart. J.P. 

 Charles Vernon Boys, Esq. F.R.S, 

 Edward Dent, Esq. 

 James Edmunds, M.D. M.R.C.P. 

 Maures Horner, Esq. F.R.A.S. 

 Edward Kraftmeier, Esq. 

 Sir Francis Laking, M.D. 

 T. Lambert Mears, Esq. M.A. LL.D. 

 Lachlan Mackintosh Rate, Esq. M.A, 

 John Callander Ross, Esq. 

 William James Russell, Esq. Ph.D. F.R.S. 

 Sir James Vaughan, B.A. J.P. 

 James Wimshurst, Esq. 

 Alfred Fernandez Yarrow, Esq. M. Inst. C.E. 



